If the locations are losing money then yes sure close them that would be the sensible thing. However Gamestop is effectively a pawn shop and those types of business tend to do better in bad economies so it does not seem like the right time to close stores. I get the game plan but basic business knowledge is that you hang on to what is making you money while trying to find something new to make money. You don't just dump it in advance. I would get it if they were selling stores to come up with capital to fund these new ventures but if they are just closing them it seems pointless. Also unless the store is in a mall generally 1 person would be enough to run the store. Upkeep can't be that much compared to other stores.

GameStop likely has an uncertain future at this point. Traditional gaming consoles probably won't be here several years down the road. Give it a couple or so generations and console gaming will go through changes. XBox One tried changing things up, but people clung to what they are familiar with. PS4 and XBO are consoles, but things could change, such as digital distribution being the only way to get games on consoles and handhelds (much like Steam). Speaking of handhelds, iOS and Android are on the rise and who knows where handhelds will be in the future. Anyway, another way the gaming landscape could change is this gakai thing Sony is invested in.

I think Sony's long term goal is to do away with selling game consoles and just having it be that you can stream gameplay experiences to your TV. Gakai is a gaming streaming service and people think Sony wants to cut out consoles and just offer games to people who have a TV and a game controller. Nintendo, Sony, and MS don't like selling consoles. They eat at costs for years (usually), and sometimes they never profit from them. So imagine being in the video game business but the software you make or regulate is offered to something hundreds of millions already have...people think that is Sony's long term goal.

With the gaming landscape very likely to go through big changes in the next 20 years, where does GameStop fit in? Will they adapt to the changes and thrive, or will they dwindle, like how Blockbuster did when Netflix ripped them apart?

It's not that a hate PC gamers it's just that I can't stand when some view themselves as some superior being due to their status as a "PC gamer."

I am console peasant per say. But I can get my games from countless other sources i.e. Online or the exchange. Having some GameStops closing is like throwing away an old shirt that I never really cared for